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The $3 billion project was founded in 1990 by the [U.S. Department of Energy]? and the [U.S. National Institutes of Health]?, and was expected to take 15 years. Due to widespread international cooperation and advances in the field of genomics? (especially in [sequence analysis]?), as well as huge advances in computing technology, a rough draft of the genome was finished in 2000 (announced by US president Bill Clinton on June 26, 2000)), two years earlier than planned. The full, high-quality genome is still being sequenced and is expected to be released in 2003. |
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The $3 billion project was founded in 1990 by the [U.S. Department of Energy]? and the [U.S. National Institutes of Health]?, and was expected to take 15 years. Due to widespread international cooperation and advances in the field of genomics? (especially in [sequence analysis]?), as well as huge advances in computing technology, a rough draft of the genome was finished in 2000 (announced by US president Bill Clinton on June 26, 2000), two years earlier than planned. The full, high-quality genome is still being sequenced and is expected to be released in 2003. |
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For example, a biological researcher investigating a certain form of cancer may have narrowed down their search to a particular gene. By visiting the human genome database on the world-wide web, this researcher can examine what other scientists have written about this gene, including (potentially) its three-dimensional structure, its function(s), its evolutionary relationships to other human genes, or to genes in mice or yeast or fruitflies, possible detrimental mutations, interactions with other genes, body tissues in which this gene is activated, diseases associated with this gene... the list of datatypes is long, one reason why bioinformatics is so challenging. |
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